From Dissonance Electronic Sent Mon, Jul 26th 1999, 13:16
From Dissonance Electronic Sent Mon, Jul 26th 1999, 13:16
http://dissonance.space.net.au The latest issue of Dissonance is now on-line. This issue features interviews with Anthony Nicholson and Philip McGarva [Microworld] and Tresor's General Manager describing the history of the label. Reviews, News and House and Techno charts are also present, as well as previous issues. Here's a sample of what you're in for: *****Tresor****** A label feature including an interview with Tresor's General Manager Carola Stoiber. "Carola describes the first time the Jeff Mills played at Tresorin the late summer of 91 as one of her most memorable nightsat the club. 'Nobody was dancing, everybody was watching him and LISTENING how he created his very own soundjust by mixing records (playing one record 1 minute) of other people. He threw the finished records behind him. Mike Banks was putting them back into the covers!.'" ****Anthony Nicholson [Clairaudience, Peacefrog, Distance et al]:**** "The heart and soul of DJing is blending records together and where we come from it was programmed that the music came first and the technical aspects weren't so important because the music was so good back in that time. I love to mix like anybody else but sometimes I feel like mixing compromises the sound and diversity of the music that should be played instead..." “I like a lot of Carl Craig... lately I havent been taking up anything that's been purely techno but I've been taking up a lot of things that have a strong techno influence to them. ... I think techno is definitely something that people should pay more attention to. I think it's sort of like meditational to me. I like to listen to the strange directions and keep the sanctity of the pure underground alive. Techno is very innovative and I can always get into it.” *************Microworld [Transmat] aka Philip McGarva***************** "I actually thought it was a bit of a joke for a while. I didn't believe it I thought someone was playing a trick on me via email. It was definitely a blast and then hard to believe." ... Well because it was an idea of trying to communicate something I guess it is a signal. It's like a signal and hopefully people will respond to it in whatever way the like whether through dancing or just listening. It's just a little audio signal." *****Reviews********* Mike Grant - It's a Detroit Thing… (MOODS AND GROOVES US) This record contains one of the deepest and emotionally powerful tracks I own. Mike Grant's 'Sunlight' is a masterpiece the other tracks aren't really worth mentioning…The listener begins 'Sunlight' alone on a landscape of beats. The kick drum moves in a simple 4/4 pattern but has a tectonic force that is amplified by the simple, primal bassline. It recalls a heart beat accelerated by fear. A plaintive synth note sounds out into the emptiness but begins to waiver and fail before it peaks prompting confusion and awe. The sound is foreign, disintegrating and re-forming as you listen swirling and stuttering. There is soon a chorus of these isolating sounds. There presence is like a crowd of strangers - a maelstrom of alien voices conversing, full of emotion but beyond comprehension. This feeling peaks with the emergence of a solo ascending synth ‘voice’. The voice is expressing something profound and unattainable. 'Sunlight' heads to it's conclusion with the sparse kick drum and ends in a lone cry that reminds the listener of what is being left behind. 'Sunlight' evokes sadness with it's proximity to the alien, by placing the listener alone amidst unattainable and foreign beauty it reminds us of the fear of loneliness, alienation and loss. Mike Grant has produced a symphony of faltering electronic cries, confronting isolation and the dangerous proximity of sadness and joy. **************************** Enjoy.... Josh Taaffe editor:dissonance:house:techno:abstract:electronics http://dissonance.space.net.au ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com